William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey

William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey (24 July 1783-11 May 1843) was the Tory MP for Ennis from 1808 to 1812 (interrupting James Fitzgerald's terms) and from 1813 to 1818 (succeeding Fitzgerald and preceding Spencer Perceval Jr.), MP for Clare from 1818 to 1828 (succeeding Augustine FitzGerald and preceding Daniel O'Connell), MP for Newport from 1829 to 1830 (succeeding Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy and preceding John Doherty), MP for Lostwithiel in 1830 (interrupting Ernest Edgcumbe's terms), and MP for Ennis from 1831 to 1832 (succeeding William Smith O'Brien and preceding Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet).

Biography
William Vesey-FitzGerald was the son of MP James Fitzgerald, and he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford before entering politics as the Tory MP for Ennis in 1808. In 1810, he was appointed a Lord of the Irish Treasury and a member of the Irish Privy Council, and he was admitted to the British Privy Council in 1812 and made a Lord of the Treasury in England, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, and First Lord of the Irish Treasury. From 1820 to 1823, he served as ambassador to Sweden, and he served as Paymaster of the Forces from 1826 to 1828. In 1828, the Duke of Wellington appointed him President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy, serving until 1830; he also served as President of the Board of Control from 1841 to 1843, when he died.